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Now Is The Hour: easy piano accompaniment in letter notes
By Vera Lynn
- F major
- 3/4
- 90 BPM
- ii–V7–I–IV loop
- 1913
- Easy
The accompaniment with every note named, bar by bar: the bar sheet shows each note as a bar on the staff with its letter inside, so you can accompany Now Is The Hour without reading music. The left hand plays oom-pah-pah (waltz oom-pah-pah) and the right hand waltz bells.
Now Is The Hour accompaniment in letter notes
The Gm – C7 – F – Bb loop with oom-pah-pah in the left hand and waltz bells in the right. Notes struck together are joined with a plus; C4 is middle C.
How to read the bar sheet
The player above shows the treble staff (right hand) over the bass staff (left hand). Every note is a bar as long as it sounds, at its place on the staff, with its name inside, and the music scrolls past a line that marks now. The chord names run along the top.
Start with the left hand alone at a slow speed, then the right, then both. When the letters feel easy, try the sheet music.
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Questions about Now Is The Hour
What are the letter notes for the Now Is The Hour piano accompaniment?
Bar by bar, both hands: the bar sheet on this page names every note of the accompaniment (C4 is middle C) and plays along. The loop is Gm – C7 – F – Bb, so the letters repeat with the chords.
What chords are in Now Is The Hour?
The loop is Gm – C7 – F – Bb (ii – V7 – I – IV) in F major, and the song ends on F – C7 – F.
What key is Now Is The Hour in?
F major, at about 90 beats a minute in 3/4.
What does the left hand play in Now Is The Hour?
Oom-pah-pah: waltz oom-pah-pah, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.
Is Now Is The Hour easy to play on piano?
Yes. Both hands play easy patterns over 4 chords. Learn the chords first, then add one hand at a time.
Made from one arrangement of this song: the left and right hands are the patterns these scores repeat most.